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Is there a similar program for Linux?
Be mindful that such a program would have to be safer than the situation without.
Linux has USBGuard and is likely in your distro's repos. It operates the same way with having rules on which usb devices to allow
So, uh, a udev GUI?
When I plug a USB device in on KDE I get prompted to see if I want to mount it or not.
I think to be fully safe, you would have to get prompted for any type of USB device including a mouse and keyboard. At least I think that's the idea of USBGuard.
Ah, that makes sense, cheers.
the usb device is auto detected and activated, it's just asking you to mount if it happens to be a storage device
That's true, I understand the need for USBGuard now.